3.31.2010

Messi to lead Barcelona against Arsenal in UEFA Champions League

The spanish team will visit the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium, and Lionel Messi will be the main atraction on the field. The match is also the first time for Thierry Henry agains his former club.

The argentinian footballer arrives with along with the rest of the team and their president Joan Laporta , who recently hailed him as the best player in history, a claim so premature that even club coach Pep Guardiola admitted last night to being annoyed by his starstruck boss.

Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola will not be able to use Andres Iniesta, one of the best midfielders in the world, since the player suffered an injury during a Spanish League match.

Cesc Fabregas, the most important player at Arsenal, has not been comfirmed by the Gunners boss Arsene Wenger.